I've always wanted to make an acetate tag and I finally made one!

Welcome to another Sent with Love Saturday and today I'm are spreading a little love and kindness with a tag instead of a card. There is just something so special about an acetate tag. Adding white gesso over it truly makes for an ethereal experience! Because of that, I wanted to keep this card simple in colors, using mostly whites and creams. But also I wanted to add a pop of color. 

I decided to use one of my ladybug glass wing embellishments from Reneabouquets because the delicate wings match the ethereal style of the acetate tag. So I pulled some white and vellum flowers from my stash plus a red paint, wax and some crystals and got to work. 

I started by cutting my tag base out of acetate. Then I used a Simon Hurley stencil to add white gesso in spots over the tag. This is actually a crucial step. Acetate is smooth and unlike paper, isn't porous. Adding gesso creates a toothy base in spots that glue can adhere to, allowing you to add other elements. 

Once the gesso was dry, I glued on some resin pieces painted with white gesso and some red wax. I used gliding glue to attach, trying to apply the glue only where the resin leaves went over the stenciled gesso. I also added some Prima purity II flowers and leaves, plus some Tim Holtz bouquet flowers with a small dollop of heavy body gel, again trying to hide it as much as possible by applying over the stenciled gesso.

I then added a full piece of Reneabouquets chipboard that I had left over from my first guest design project earlier this month. Before moving on, I added a little bit of my red paint to a palette and watered it down just a bit. I used a brush to splatter some of the red paint over the tag. 

While the red paint dried, I added some heavy body gel to the back of a resin piece shaped like a little keyhole. I had painted it with white gesso and applied the red wax like the previous resin pieces. I then stuck this piece down onto a vellum flower that was missing it's beaded center. 

Once the paint was dry, I added the vellum flowers, some cream flowers and the pretty little ladybug. I also added a sentiment sticker. I also glued some red crystals to the project using Glossy Accents. To finish it off, I tucked in some flower stamens and also added some red velvet trim and crinkle ribbon to the top of the tag. 

I hope that you enjoyed this pretty little tag. Until next time, happy crafting!

Adrienne

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